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PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC

PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE WINDWARD FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$368k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$222k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Palmisano Foundation Inc does

Mission

Palmisano foundation, inc. Is dedicated to having an impact on a broad range of social issues; with a special focus on disadvantaged youth, the future of the aec (architecture, engineering, & construction) industry, and educational initiatives supporting the world's next generation of great thinkers and doers.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided scholarships to students studying engineering and construction at local universities and hospitals.

    $283,898 spentof which $129,605 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. Donation to uncommon construction, a workforce development nonporfit, to provide services to high school apprentices to build a house together, gaining technical, professional and personal skills.

  3. Donation to angle's place, a non-profit organization supporting children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $283,898.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($62k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($32k)2021 Revenue 260 ($160k) Expenses 334 ($100k) Net assets 290 ($92k)2022 Revenue 222 ($137k) Expenses 448 ($135k) Net assets 296 ($94k)2023 Revenue 597 ($368k) Expenses 946 ($284k) Net assets 561 ($177k)2024 Revenue 597 ($368k) Expenses 1076 ($323k) Net assets 703 ($222k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (597)Expenses (1076)Net assets (703)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $104k to $226k (+117%).

$37k
$118k
$104k
$226k
$224k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

112% of PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$32k
’20
$60k
’21
$2k
’22
$84k
’23
$45k
’24
8.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Sherry Serio

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20232024
Listed99
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.

VA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve8.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)56% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC

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In Louisiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC?
PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE WINDWARD FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC?
THE WINDWARD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PALMISANO FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing